Psalm 90-92

English Standard Version

Book Four

From Everlasting to Everlasting

A ^(A)Prayer of Moses, the ^(B)man of God.

90 Lord, you have been our ^(C)dwelling place^[a]
    in all generations.
²^(D)Before the ^(E)mountains were brought forth,
    or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
    ^(F)from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

³You return man to dust
    and say, ^(G)“Return, ^(H)O children of man!”^[b]
⁴For ^(I)a thousand years in your sight
    are but as ^(J)yesterday when it is past,
    or as ^(K)a watch in the night.

⁵You ^(L)sweep them away as with a flood; they are like ^(M)a dream,
like ^(N)grass that is renewed in the morning:
⁶in ^(O)the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it ^(P)fades and ^(Q)withers.

⁷For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
⁸You have ^(R)set our iniquities before you,
our ^(S)secret sins in the light of your presence.

⁹For all our days pass away under your wrath;
    we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
¹⁰The years of our life are seventy,
    or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span^[c] is but toil and trouble;
    they are soon gone, and we fly away.
¹¹Who considers the power of your anger,
    and your wrath according to the fear of you?

¹²^(T)So teach us to number our days
    that we may get a heart of wisdom.
¹³^(U)Return, O Lord! ^(V)How long?
    Have ^(W)pity on your servants!
¹⁴Satisfy us in the ^(X)morning with your steadfast love,
    that we may ^(Y)rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵Make us glad for as many days as you have ^(Z)afflicted us,
    and for as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶Let your ^(AA)work be shown to your servants,
    and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷Let the ^(AB)favor^[d] of the Lord our God be upon us,
    and establish ^(AC)the work of our hands upon us;
    yes, establish the work of our hands!

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in ^(AD)the shelter of the Most High
will abide in ^(AE)the shadow of the Almighty.
²I will say^[e] to the Lord, “My ^(AF)refuge and my ^(AG)fortress,
my God, in whom I ^(AH)trust.”

³For he will deliver you from ^(AI)the snare of the fowler
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴He will ^(AJ)cover you with his pinions,
    and under his ^(AK)wings you will ^(AL)find refuge;
    his ^(AM)faithfulness is ^(AN)a shield and buckler.
⁵^(AO)You will not fear ^(AP)the terror of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
    nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

⁷A thousand may fall at your side,
    ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it will not come near you.
⁸You will only look with your eyes
    and ^(AQ)see the recompense of the wicked.

⁹Because you have made the Lord your ^(AR)dwelling place—
the Most High, who is my ^(AS)refuge^[f]—
¹⁰^(AT)no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
^(AU)no plague come near your tent.

¹¹^(AV)For he will command his ^(AW)angels concerning you
    to ^(AX)guard you in all your ways.
¹²On their hands they will bear you up,
    lest you ^(AY)strike your foot against a stone.
¹³You will tread on ^(AZ)the lion and the ^(BA)adder;
    the young lion and ^(BB)the serpent you will ^(BC)trample underfoot.

¹⁴“Because he ^(BD)holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
    I will protect him, because he ^(BE)knows my name.
¹⁵When he ^(BF)calls to me, I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble;
    I will rescue him and ^(BG)honor him.
¹⁶With ^(BH)long life I will satisfy him
    and ^(BI)show him my salvation.”

How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92 ^(BJ)It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, ^(BK)O Most High;
²to declare your ^(BL)steadfast love in ^(BM)the morning,
    and your ^(BN)faithfulness by ^(BO)night,
³to the music of ^(BP)the lute and ^(BQ)the harp,
    to the melody of ^(BR)the lyre.
⁴For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your ^(BS)work;
    at ^(BT)the works of your hands I sing for joy.

⁵How ^(BU)great are your works, O Lord!
    Your ^(BV)thoughts are very ^(BW)deep!
⁶The stupid man cannot know;
    the fool cannot understand this:
⁷that though ^(BX)the wicked sprout like grass
    and all ^(BY)evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;
⁸    but you, O Lord, are ^(BZ)on high forever.
⁹For behold, your enemies, O Lord,
    for behold, your enemies shall perish;
    all evildoers shall be ^(CA)scattered.

¹⁰But you have exalted my ^(CB)horn like that of ^(CC)the wild ox;
you have ^(CD)poured over me^[g] fresh oil.
¹¹My ^(CE)eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

¹²^(CF)The righteous flourish like the palm tree
    and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
¹³They are planted in the house of the Lord;
    they flourish in ^(CG)the courts of our God.
¹⁴They still bear fruit in old age;
    they are ever full of sap and green,
¹⁵^(CH)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my ^(CI)rock, and there is ^(CJ)no unrighteousness in him.

Footnotes

Psalm 90:1 Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Septuagint) our refuge
Psalm 90:3 Or of Adam
Psalm 90:10 Or pride
Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
Psalm 91:2 Septuagint He will say
Psalm 91:9 Or For you, O Lord, are my refuge! You have made the Most High your dwelling place
Psalm 92:10 Compare Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain